Reception of Walery Łoziński’s works

Abstract

This article discusses critical literary texts devoted to Walery Łoziński. The writer became famous mainly as the author of Zaklęty dwór (Enchanted manor). Reception of Łoziński’s works has been discussed in three parts: Contemporary on Łoziński, Opinions about Łoziński’s output 1911-33 and Opinions about Łoziński’s output – new ones. In part one both articles written during the writer’s life and those written after his premature death have been referred to. Part two makes reference to texts by Karol Estreicher senior and Wilhelm Bruchnalski, which remind of Łoziński figure but the main focus has been on the articles and the book by Adam Bar entitled Zapomniany powieściopisarz lwowski (Forgotten novelist from Lvov). In the end of this part there have been references to smaller texts on Łoziński. In part three main attention has been paid to texts which appeared after 1945. Smaller articles have been briefly discussed. The most of the attention has been devoted to the researcher who studied Walery Łoziński’s output thoroughly and deeply, namely to Julian Krzyżanowski. In the end TV series based on Enchanted manor directed by Antoni Krauze has been discussed.